diff --git a/.github/workflows/conformance.yaml b/.github/workflows/conformance.yaml
index b56da5ff..10ce68f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conformance.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conformance.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         # Keep this list up-to-date with https://endoflife.date/kubernetes
         # Build images with https://github.com/fluxcd/flux-benchmark/actions/workflows/build-kind.yaml
-        KUBERNETES_VERSION: [1.32.1, 1.33.0, 1.34.1]
+        KUBERNETES_VERSION: [1.33.0, 1.34.1, 1.35.0]
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index c1f91814..a9e9e2b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ jobs:
       hashes: ${{ steps.slsa.outputs.hashes }}
       image_url: ${{ steps.slsa.outputs.image_url }}
       image_digest: ${{ steps.slsa.outputs.image_digest }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on:
+      group: "Default Larger Runners"
+      labels: ubuntu-latest-16-cores
     permissions:
       contents: write # needed to write releases
       id-token: write # needed for keyless signing